Improving handwashing among parent-attendants visiting a newborn unit practising family participatory care

Arti Maria,Ankur Sooden,Rashmi Wadhwa, Ravleen Kaur, Indu Gaur,Kalsang Lhamo, Vallamkonda Nagaratna

BMJ OPEN QUALITY(2022)

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In our newborn intensive care unit (NICU), we practise family participatory care, where the unit staff encourage parents and attendants of sick newborns to partner with them and be involved in care for their babies. There remains a concern that this practice may increase the risk of nosocomial infections being carried into the unit by parent-attendants. Staff observed that handwashing behaviours were suboptimal and inconsistent among parent-attendants. With facilitation from an improvement coach, we formed a quality improvement team of NICU staff to improve hand hygiene practices among attendants. From a baseline estimate of around 20% of attendants adhering to hand hygiene standards, the team planned to reach a target of 80% over 8 weeks by introducing a series of changes. At the end of 9 weeks, 80% of attendants were following standard hand hygiene practices.
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Hand Hygiene, Healthcare quality improvement, Infection control, Patient-centred care, Compliance
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